PETALING JAYA: Khairy Jamaluddin says Umno president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi offered him the deputy president's post in 2018.
However, Khairy said he turned down the offer, made before the 2018 Umno elections, as the former Youth chief believed that the party leadership should change.
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